I always wonder, how can grotesque people be so narcissistic? I suppose most people like that don't have much self awareness, that's how they can avoid seeing what we see.
I was happy to see the Scottish Green Party leader Patrick Harvie quoted in this Pittsburgh online news article a while ago.In Scotland, The Glasgow Herald said his comments about Mexicans put at risk his Turnberry resort’s status as one of the traditional hosts of golf’s prestigious Open Championship as organizers were worried they would hurt the brand.
“The more we learn about this greedy, racist bully, the more ashamed we should be of letting him establish any presence at all in Scotland,” Patrick Harvie, a leader of the Scottish Greens party and member of the Scottish parliament, told the Herald.
Mr. Harvie is right. He's referring to how, at one time, the SNP under Alex Salmond courted Donald Trump so he could invest a lot in the North East of Scotland, building a big golf enterprise up there. At the time I think much was made of Trump's Scottish connections. They have of course parted company acrimoniously since then and the venture was widely discredited because it wasn't exactly environmentally-friendly and Trump will always be a colossal arsehole.
I wonder if he'll mention Scotland at all in his campaign. He's already done so once in a recent debate with Rand Paul where they discussed healthcare models:
The tycoon, whose bluster over immigration has unnerved the Republican establishment, found himself at odds with his rivals over health care.
A one-time Democrat supporter, the mogul was challenged over a “single-payer” health system in which care is funded by a national health insurance scheme even though in some countries care is provided privately.
He remained unrepentant saying the single payer system worked well in Scotland, where he owns a golf course, as well as Canada where care is publicly funded.
“As far as single payer, it works in Canada. It works incredibly well in Scotland. It could have worked in a different age, which is the age you're talking about here.”
The Trump prescription was to make it possible to buy health insurance from any provider in the US.
Despite Obamacare’s reforms, the choice of health care insurance remains limited to providers in nearby states, with the lack of competition pushing up the cost of premiums/
“What I'd like to see is a private system without the artificial lines around every state,” Mr Trump said.
“Get rid of the artificial lines and you will have yourself great plans.
“And then we have to take care of the people that can't take care of themselves. And I will do that through a different system.”
The tycoon rounded on the health and insurance industry in the US.
“Because the insurance companies are making a fortune because they have control of the politicians, of course, with the exception of the politicians on this stage.”
Rand Paul, the libertarian senator from Kentucky, tried to exploit Mr Trump’s position, knowing that it would be seen as anathema by many Republicans.
Rick Perry, whose poor poll showing meant that he did not even take part in the main debate, ridiculed Mr Trump’s conservative credentials.
“He's for single payer," Perry said. "How can anyone who's a conservative stand up and say I am for single-payer health care?”
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